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"Wheatfield where Gen Reynol[d]s was Killed."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03029.29 Author/Creator: Place Written: [Gettysburg, Pa.] Type: Photograph Date: [1863/07] Pagination: Half stereo, 10.2 x 13.3 cm. Unmounted. Order a Copy

Variation on O'Sullivan's photo of the wheatfield. Shows a man (probably Brady) crouched at the edge of a pond and looking down. See also image #35 in this collection, and GLC# 2435, Gardner reprint of "Field where Gen. Reynolds fell, Gettysburg."

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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Reynolds, General John

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